Half-life 2: Episode Three

[Sound of a doorbell ringing.] "Hello there! Yes, I have a delivery for you, Mr, um, Hugh Mann." "What? That can't be right. I never ordered anything." "No, no, I'm pretty sure you did. I couldn't help but notice you're having a parade out back. It's very nice. Wouldn't want anything unfortunate to happen to it." "Er, yeah. Anyway, I guess I'll sign for this so…

Well, the Valve rumours are firing again. The thoughts are, once more, that this E3 could see the surprise announcement of Half-Life 2: Episode Three, or even, the forum chatter likes to think, Half-Life 3. Of course we've been here before. This time there's this image floating around, although I've yet to track down whether it's sourced from Valve, which reveals the ghostly face of…

Via Kotaku via Shacknews via Intothepixel: potentially the first look at Half-Life 2: Episode 3. It's concept art rather than screenshot, but the idea of Freeman tackling a Combine Advisor with only a crowbar and a giant pit of death is a tantalising one, no? Sci-fi game concept art regularly takes my breath away. It usually looks ten times more spectacular than the finished product,…